Stems: Upright, branching
Leaves: Alternate, sessile, stiff, to about 1 inch long. Oblanceolate with lobes. Lobes with spines. Base of leaf with two glands, one more at the tip.
Flowers: Blooms in spring. Inflorescence: flowerhead with ray flowers. Phyllaries overlap, linear, each with a dark gland. Ray flowers 7 to 13, about 1/3 inch long, yellow to red-orange. Disk flowers many; yellow.
Seeds: Achene.
Habitat: Dry, well-drained sandy, gravelly, and rocky soils on upper bajadas and moderate slopes in the lower mountains.
Elevation: About 2,000 to 5,000 ft.
Distribution: Southern California to northwestern Arizona.
Comments: Very stinky plant. |